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危
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Definitions
- 1. danger
- 2. to endanger
- 3. Taiwan pr. [wéi]
Example Sentences
1 shown危 險！
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Words Containing 危
to break out of a crisis
to think of danger in times of safety
precarious as morning dew (idiom); unlikely to last out the day
Guatemala
financial crisis
to help those in distress (idiom)
in imminent peril (idiom)
lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
calamity
in danger of collapse
decrepit house
latent hazard
close to death
hazard lights
endangered species
to take advantage of sb's difficulties (idiom)
out of danger
to help people in difficulty and bring relief to the needy (idiom)
risk
critically ill
dangerous housing
to take advantage of sb's precarious position
subprime mortgage crisis
safety and danger
danger lurks on every side (idiom)
harmfulness
energy crisis
steep and perilous path
to endanger
national danger, but no support (idiom, from Analects); the future of the nation is at stake but no-one comes to the rescue
severe harm
to startle sb with scary tale
dying (from illness)
afraid
lit. the matter has become a pile of eggs (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
subprime mortgage crisis
precarious as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
precarious as pile of eggs (idiom); ready to fall and break at any moment
Guatemalan (person)
to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert a danger (esp. political or medical)
imminent danger (idiom); approaching a crisis
frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk
danger
to help those in distress
critically ill patient
credit crisis
More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, from Records of the Historian 史記|史记). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770).
to help those in distress (idiom)
deathly ill
crisis
to sit upright and still (idiom)
(medicine) in a critical condition
dangerous road
to help people in distress
critical
emergency risk
economic crisis
to be critically ill
at stake
(idiom) to take on a leadership role at a time of crisis
endangered (species)
perilous situation
see 濟危扶困|济危扶困[jì wēi fú kùn]
to jeopardize
(idiom) physically and mentally exhausted
mortgage crisis
grave danger
dangerous situation
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
grave situation
monetary crisis
hazardous materials
hazard assessment
upright and plainspoken (idiom)
urgent
credit crisis
to risk one's life
to sacrifice one's life in a crisis